Packing-case for hats.



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PACKING-CASE FOR HATS.

'Application led October 17, 1906. Serial No. 339,2-89,

I'o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNE I. (loE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Cases for Hats, of which the following is a speciication, reference being -had therein to the accompanying drawinfi, forming a part thereof.

y invention relates to packing cases for hats, and has for its objects accommodation of a large number of hats of different sizes and shapes, economy of space, secure holding of each hat isolated in its place, rotection of each hat from injury by other ats or other articles packed in the same case, adaptability of the case both for transportation from place to place and as a receptacle or storage cabinet in the home, economy in cost, lightness, strength and convenience.

The embodiment of my invention shown com rises a case or cabinet having the outwar( finish and general appearance of a trunk and having ways therein and shelves slidable in the ways and adjustable to different distances apart so as to accommodate hats of different dimensions, and means for firmly securing a hat to each of the shelves.

My invention also includes certain details of construction which will hereinafter appear.

Such embodiment of my invention will now be described by reference to the accompanying drawings, after which I will point out my invention in claims.

The shelves may be severally aud independently 'drawn out more or less, or entirely removed, for inspection of the attached hats, or to make a selection therefrom, or for the attachment or removal of hats.

Figure l is a erspective view of the complete device with the door and lid open. In this view the detachable legs are shown as attachec, giving the article the appearance of a cabinet or chiffonnier. Fig. 2 is a perspective view on a reduced scale showing the device as it appears when packed ready for transportation in the same manner as an ordinary trunk or packing case, the legs being detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, about on the line :vs of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical section about on the line y4-y4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional plan at the. line ,z5-z" of Fig. 3. Fig. Gris an enlarged sectional detail, showing the manner of supporting and guiding the wire hat-supporting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Fig. 7 is an enof one of the hatshelves at the side walls. larged perspective View supporting shelves. Fig. 8 1s a very much en arged sectional detail of the flat piece of felt to which the hat is pinned and shows the manner in which the felt is attached to the U-shaped portion lof wire. Fig. 9 is a plan detail of a spring or clip used. for holding gentlemens hats in place in the case. Fig. l() is an enlarged detail of one of thedetachable supporting legs and its screw socket, the leg-being in elevation and the socket in vertical section. Fig. 11 is an enlarged inverted plan view ofvone ofthe screw threaded leg sockets.

The construction and operation of the embodiment of my invention shown will now be described in detail.

Referring to the drawings, the casing or body 1 has a hinged front cover or door l. and a hinged top cover or lid 1b. The casing or body may be made of wood or other suitable material, and is shown as provided with cleats 1c and corner straps l, the general exterior appearance of the article being that of a trunk or traveling case. As may be seen from Figs. 1 and 2, the hinged lid llis retained in closed position by the door l, the flange 1e of which closes over it. The door 1 is provided with the usual snap catches 1f and lock 1g. The lid lb is provided with an ordinary elbow support lh. The device has handles 1i of the usual kind as in ordinary trunks.

The interior arrangement will now be described. Metal guide ways 2 are secured to the inside of the side walls of the casing 1 and are shown as formed of sheet metal bent to the propershape and attached to the side walls by nails 2a. Wire hat-holding shelves 3 slide removably in the guide ways 2, there being a greater number of guide ways than shelves, thus allowing the shelves, by insertion in different guides, to be adjusted to diiierent distances apart, for the accommodation of hats-of a variety of shapes and sizes.v

Each shelf 3 is shown as formed of wires crossing each other, there being larger cross wires 3a and tie-wires 3b to give stiffness and smaller wires 3 to aid in supporting the hat, the crossing wires being shown as tied together at their junction points by the bending of one wire around t e other in a well known manner. The ends of the larger cross-wires 3a project and are bent over int'o an L-'shape at 3d for sliding in the ways 2. Two of the larger tie-wires 3b at their forward ends are bent into loops 3" to form handles for conveniently drawing out the shelves.

'l`he means for securing a hat to one of the shelves com rises a fiat piece of felt 3b attached, as y a binding -strip 3g, to and within a U-sha ed portion 3h at the middle of the inedially oeated cross-wire 3a and projecting from the lane of the shelf at about a right angle. T e hat, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is placed over this upstanding piece of felt and firmly secured thereto by assing a hat pin 3i through the hat and t e felt. rlhus the hat is held securely in place irrespective of the position of the casing 1. lhis of course ap lies more'particula'rly to womens hats. he reticulated structure formed by the crossed wires affords adequate sup ort for the brim of a hat, but plermits feat 1ers or other trimming to rojrect t rou h the shelves, so that the s elves may e placed closer together without injur to such trimming than if the shelves were so id.

For holding mens hats a sprin wire hat .clip 4 is employed, of the sha es own, and

best seen in Figs. 3 and 9, t e ends fitting into` the Ways 2 and the middle portions -lightly but with sufficient firmness engaging with the tops of hats which may be placed upon a shelf or preferably u on the bottom o the casing, as shown 1n ig. 3, the hats being separated by a wire partition 5.

For the purpose of rendering the device as a Whole more useful, as many of the shelves 3 as may be desired maybe rovided. near their outer edges, and out of t e way of the hats, with Wire boxes 6 carried by and virtually forming a part of the shelf. Also other boxes '7 are provided near the top of the casing 1 and secured thereto, access being had to the boxes 7 by raising the lid 1b. These boxes 6 and 7 may be used for containing gloves, veils, hat brushes and other articles.

. To protect them from rust and to protect the hats and other articles from injury by rust, all the wire parts may be made from tinned wire. The hd l'b is provided with a mirror 8, the use and desirability of which is obvious.

For the 1purpose of converting the article into a trun or traveling case, as seen in Fig.

.2, or into a pieceof furniture resembling a chiffonnier or cabinet, as seen in Fig. 1, readily detachable, yet rmly attachable, legs 9 are provided. For receiving and retaining the egs, sockets 1() are attached, as b screws 10, to the end of the casing 1 which is intended to be the bottom `of the cabinet. Each socket 10 has an internal screwthread 10b and a rounded annular shoulder 10 which surrounds and ares'outwardly from the screw thread for' rotectin from being battered W 'le the egs are detached and the article is being used as a trunk or traveling case, and also at the same -time prevents the socket from scraping up foreign matter which would fill the screw threads and interfere with the attachment of the leg. The leg 9 has a threaded projection 9afor screwing into the socket 10 and a flange or shoulder 9b for abutting against the shoulder 10c of the socket,the shoulder 9b preferabl)T being rounded as shown to fit the rounded-inner portion of the annular shoulder 10. The lower portion of the leg 9 is preferably made of wire as shown,- the wire ortion being fixed at its up er end to t e head or flange 9b which is ormed integral with the screw portion 9a. When vthe legs are not in use they may be stowed away if desired the same in one of the boxes inside of the casing-or shown herein without departing from the spirit and scopethereof as set forth in the '4 annexed claims.

I claim: 1. In a hat case, a wire shelf comprising v Wires 'crossing each other and secured together, one of the wires` being bent outwardly in U-shape, and a piece of flat erforable matrial attached to the wire o the U within t e U.

2. In a hat case, a wire shelf comprising wires crossing each other and secured together, one of the wires being bent outwardly 1n U-shape, and a fiat piece of felt attached to the wire of the U wlthin the U.

3. Ina packing case, the combination of a body, a-plurality. of removable horizontal shelves therein constructed of crossed Wires forming a reticulated structure adapted to support a hat brim While ermittmg'the trimming material of the at to r'oect through the shelf, and hat securing evices mounted on the shelves and formed to enter the crowns of the hats to secure them to the l shelves.

In testimony whereof Ihave affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

yANNE I ICOE. Witnesses:

WM. A. KELLY, BERNARD .COWEN. 

